On Qi Jiguang's Poem Wangquetai

Wangquetai

Ming Dynasty: Qi Jiguang

Ten years away from Leng Hai, I look forward to it.

My heart is like the thick frost of thousands of mountains, and the autumn leaves are dyed red.

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In the cold wave of the sea, I have dealt with the enemy for ten years; I stand here overlooking the Forbidden City in Beijing.

My heart and blood, like thick frost, sprinkled on Wanling, Qian Shan, dyed the autumn leaves all over the mountain red.

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Quque Terrace: A high platform named after Qi Jiguang in Fuqing County, Fujian Province. Qi wrote in the new cave of Chengxi Temple in Haikou City, Fuqing County, Fujian Province: "The mountain is ten feet high and you can look at the deep well. On the day of fame, I hope to be a bird. " Que, Gong Wei, refers to the residence of the emperor.

Ten years refers to the period when the author was first transferred to Zhejiang and then transferred to Fujian to resist Japan. It took about ten years from the thirty-fourth year of Jiajing to the thirty-second year of Jiajing to Fujian.

Lonely, away from the capital, isolated courtiers, here refers to itself.

Chen (chēn) Luan (luán): the residence of the emperor.

Creation background

During Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty, Qi Jiguang fought against the Japanese pirates and pirates. He fought in Fujian, Zhejiang, and Guangdong, and made repeated military exploits for ten years, basically eliminating the Japanese. He was transferred to Zhejiang to join the army and became the governor of Fujian. This poem was written by the author when he was the governor of Fujian.